Inspired by Britten: Folk songs reinterpreted - video

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Inspired by Benjamin Britten's arrangements of folk songs, Aldeburgh Music's Faster than Sound programme took the original folk songs and invited six musicians to reinterpret them. Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, folk-singer Mara Carlyle, acoustic and electronic composer Anna Meredith, house and techno composer South London Ordnance, and Max de Wardene performed in Snape Maltings in October 2013. In this video, the artists discuss the project.

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The Friday Afternoons project is celebrating 100 years since Britten's birth livestreaming choirs from across the world as they sing the composer's Friday Afternoon songs. Watch five of those performances live here